An Asian Summer

In an attempt to better understand Eastern life, culture, and architecture I’m spending the summer traveling the expanse of Southeast Asia, a part of the world that both fascinates and excites. While I'm in Hong Kong at the moment, I started the journey in Kyoto, Japan and made my way through Tokyo, Beijing, and Shanghai, amongst others.

Although I planned to start posting earlier, I recently encountered a setback with the Great Chinese Firewall. For some reason China seems to think that my blog could be harmful to their people and even weaken the grip of their regime, which is honestly quite flattering. Otherwise, besides the internet filtering and the occasional military escort, communism in China seems to be greatly diluted by a strong love for capitalism.